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Asheville, NC cityscape

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Asheville

nc · metro 417k

a dispatch from

asheville

NC

35.58°N

82.55°W

Asheville is what happens when a mountain town and an art school have a baby and raise it on craft beer. Downtown packs more breweries per capita than almost anywhere in America, plus buskers on every corner and Art Deco buildings the Depression accidentally preserved (the city went broke before it could tear them down). The Biltmore, America's largest private home, looms on the edge of town like a stone-carved flex. Remote workers keep showing up, which is how you know.

metro417k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$888

below Sacramento's monthly cost

In Asheville, rent stops being the headline. The cost gap shows up every month without you trying.
landable, recorded on the asheville entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$1,738/mo

22% cheaper than Sacramento(vs $2,226/mo)

02state income tax

4.5%

$400/mo less in state tax than Sacramento

vs 9.3% in Sacramento

03after rent

$6,220/mo

$888 more than Sacramento

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$430k

27% cheaper than Sacramento

vs $589k in Sacramento

05metro size

417k

vs 2.4M in Sacramento

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

201

pleasant days a year, in asheville.

Sacramento edges ahead with 211 pleasant days.

Sacramento hosts 2.4× more events.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

66/100

12% lower than Sacramento

vs 75/100 in Sacramento

Closest outdoor draw: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 74.8 mi.

·walk score®

63/100

36% lower than Sacramento

vs 98/100 in Sacramento

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

8

71% fewer than Sacramento

vs 28 nonstops in Sacramento

04 · see also

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